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Rainer Ptacek (Rainer Jaromir Ptaček) was born on 7 June, 1951 in East Berlin, East Germany, is a Guitarist (1951–1997). Discover Rainer Ptacek's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

Popular As Rainer Jaromir Ptaček
Occupation Musician, singer-songwriter
Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 7 June 1951
Birthday 7 June
Birthplace East Berlin, East Germany
Date of death 1997
Died Place Tucson, Arizona, US
Nationality East Berlin

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1951

Rainer Ptacek, also known mononymously as Rainer (June 7, 1951 – November 12, 1997), was a German-American guitarist and singer-songwriter based in Tucson, Arizona for much of his adult life.

His guitar technique, which incorporated slide, finger-picking, tape loops and electronic manipulation, earned him the admiration of notable musicians such as Robert Plant and Billy Gibbons.

Ptacek was born in East Berlin to a family of Czech and German descent.

His family fled East Germany for the United States when he was five years old.

They eventually settled in Chicago, where young Ptacek was first exposed to blues music.

1970

He moved to Tucson in the early 1970s, where he began his own musical career, most often solo, but sometimes he plugged in and led a trio as Rainer & Das Combo.

He co-founded Giant Sandworms with Howe Gelb in the late 1970s.

When the band decided to move to New York and became Giant Sand, Ptacek opted to stay in Tucson to make sure that he would not disrupt his then-new family.

Although he never became well known in the United States, he became more and more recognized in Europe.

ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons was so impressed with the singer-guitarist that he arranged to have Kurt Loder review Ptacek's "Mush Mind Blues" cassette in Rolling Stone.

Ptacek later traveled to Houston at the invitation of Billy Gibbons to record at Gibbons' Gold Star Sound Services studio which saw release as "The Texas Tapes" gaining international attention.

Robert Plant, similarly impressed, flew Ptacek to England for the sessions for B-sides to supplement the singles from Fate of Nations.

1996

In February 1996, after suffering a seizure while riding his bike to work, Ptacek was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

He described his frustrating symptoms to his friend, Fred Mills, lamenting that he could no longer "remember all of [the] chords and notes" to his music.

Ptacek, who was uninsured, was overwhelmed by his mounting medical expenses.

Howe Gelb and Robert Plant organized recording sessions for a charity album, titled The Inner Flame – A Tribute to Rainer Ptacek. The album featured Ptacek-penned songs performed by Gelb (with Giant Sand), Page and Plant, Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, John Wesley Harding, Evan Dando, Victoria Williams, Mark Olson, Tina Chesnutt, Vic Chesnutt, PJ Harvey, John Parish, The Drovers, Madeleine Peyroux, Kris McKay, Chuck Prophet, Jonathan Richman, Lucinda Williams and Bill Janovitz.

Ptacek participated on many of the tracks.

Intense chemotherapy sessions put his tumor into remission, and Ptacek's musical skills and creativity both returned.

He resumed a vigorous touring schedule, beginning with a guest performance at Greg Brown's show in November 1996.

By this time, media attention was more focused on him than ever before.

On December 17, 1996, he performed a show for 300 doctors, nurses, and patients at the hospital where he was being treated.

1997

Just when it seemed as though he had beaten his disease, it returned in October 1997, and he died three weeks later at age 46.